Division of Forestry

Wildland Fire Prevention and Safe Debris Burning

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Wildland Fire Prevention

The Division of Forestry promotes fire prevention through activities such as enforcement of the forest fire laws, school fire prevention programs, community events, Smokey Bear appearances and distribution of fire prevention information. Radio and television interviews as well as newspaper and magazine articles are also used to educate citizens about fire prevention.

The division also promotes the National Firewise Communities Program in an effort to educate homeowners about the risk of wildfire to property. For more information about risks associated with the wildland/urban interface (where forests and urban areas overlap), visit the Firewise Web page.

For more information about wildfire prevention and the difference between preventing bad fires and supporting good fires through controlled burns, go to Visit My Forest and Good Fires.